climate change-denying US presidential candidates to listen to their alma maters , and handily summarizes the position of faculty at the universities attended by Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich. Glencore, the commodity megacompany newly listed on the stock markets, has published its warts-and-all first corporate responsibility report, admitting 56 deaths from 2008-10 (mainly in its mining operations), numerous fines for environmental breaches and paying only $2m in tax on European revenues of more than $1bn. Will it be praised for its honesty or slammed for its greed? Does cash-on-delivery aid work at the community level? Yes on health, no on education, according to this randomized control trial in Indonesia. Oxfam America’s Greg Adams on why the 50th anniversary of the US Foreign Assistance Act is not a cause for celebration. CGD’s Connie Villette agrees. What can Indian and African workers learn from Chinese ones? Oxfam is about to get stuck into some land grab campaigning over the next few weeks. As a taster, here’s an online parody/cover version of Alec Baldwin’s sales talk in the 1992 cult movie Glengarry Glen Ross. ]]>